Printmaking

Some woodcut prints:
A three colour reduction print

A two colour print

And a little native New Zealand Bird – A male stitch bird etching two colour print.

And a different colour

And some sewing. (haven’t quite finished the sleeves in this shot):

The fabric is a very light cotton voile made using this French pattern from Citronille. It’s called ‘Selma’.

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My print class has finished now but I am thinking of enrolling in an ‘open studio’  class next term . That is a class where there is no tutor but people can go in and use the studio and printing press.
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The Kapiti Concert Orchestra has started rehearsals for our next concert and one of the pieces we are playing is ‘Peter and the Wolf’ by Prokofiev. – yours truly is the duck!  The concert is early November – details closer to the time.
Off to spend some time in the studio now as I have a free afternoon – finish my blouse : )
R x

Weaving

Hubby is very supportive of all my endeavours and last weekend bought me this on Trade Me :


It’s a small beginner’s loom (6 treadles and 4 heddles) but at the moment it looks like this:

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i.e. it’s in bits with no instructions! We are not picking it up for a few weeks or so as it’s in another city. At least I have an idea of what it is supposed to look like! Should be fun putting it together and trying it out, though I imagine it will take a while.  : )
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I have been enjoying my printmaking and at the weekend daughter 4 and I had a lovely time making prints together. No pictures yet  as she took them all to school for ‘news’.  I hope to post some pictures of them in the next few days.
R x